Health

Health Solutions for Poverty Reduction

Business Collaboration to Fight COVID-19 in Kenya

On April 9, Business Fights Poverty hosted a webinar with the National Business Compact on Coronavirus, that focused on action being taken in Kenya, and the lessons that can be learnt for other countries.
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Launching the Business and COVID-19 Response Centre

Yesterday, we should have been coming together in Washington for Business Fights Poverty DC 2020. Instead, we have launched our new Business and COVID-19 Response Centre. We asked Iain Forrest, who was due to perform in DC, for a video that we are dedicating to all front line workers helping us #FightCOVID19​
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Don’t Allow the Coronavirus to Open Up Another Front

Healthcare workers are valiantly fighting, and too often dying, on the front lines in the global response to coronavirus. But what started as a health crisis could turn into a food crisis unless we take measures now. Preventing a food crisis is key to maintaining the strength to fight back.​
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Shaping a New Social Contract Through the Pandemic

The actions of governments, business, investors and civil society in response to COVID-19 will shape our futures, write Mary Robinson and Phil Bloomer.​
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In the wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Do Non-Profits need to Rethink Sustainability?

The COVID-19 virus is destined to leave a deep mark on our world for years to come. It has decimated industries; created mass unemployment across the globe; and there have already been tens of thousands of deaths. Will the coronavirus also leave a mark on how the non-profit sector works?
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Why We Need Social Intrapreneurs More than Ever During COVID-19

Our economic system is at a crossroads. We are not only dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the single most impactful event of a generation but also the increasing effects of climate change and social inequality are not going away.​
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An Old Movie For Our Times

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Coronavirus measures will hit women harder than men, charities warn

Data is urgently required to highlight the different impact of coronavirus on women and men, with early signs that women face higher levels of violence and more care work.
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What Can We Learn from Early Corporate Responses to COVID-19?

In my current role at FSG, I provide thought partnership to business leaders on the most effective ways to create social impact. I rely on our two decades of experience in this space as well as best practices I see in the field.
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The Urgency of a New Social Contract​

The COVID-19 crisis makes one thing abundantly clear: the social contract between government, business, employees, and people is not working as it should.   
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COVID-19 Requires Gender-Equal Responses to Save Economies

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is not gender neutral, as it affects men and women differently. Therefore, we must not be gender blind in our responses to the pandemic, or else women will carry a disproportionately higher economic cost than men. Globally, women are more vulnerable to economic shocks wrought by crises such as the coronavirus pandemic.
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How businesses respond to Coronavirus has massive ramifications – now and for the future economy that emerges

How business responds to the Corona virus crisis matters hugely. It affects what happens to millions of lives and livelihoods now. And it affects the prospect for building back better. What we do now, will shape the pathway out of this mess. In years to come, suppliers and stakeholders will remember which businesses and brands acted responsibly during the crisis, working through problems together.
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Responding to Coronavirus: Low-Carbon Investments Can Help Economies Recover

With the pandemic potentially triggering a global economic slowdown, leaders are already looking for ways to shore up their countries’ economies. The approaches they take to stimulate economic growth will have long-lasting effects, so they need to be chosen carefully.​
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How can businesses support their NGO partners through the impact of COVID-19?

Join us for a live written discussion with a panel of experts to deepen understanding of the role of business in supporting its NGO partners through the impact of COVID-19. The live panel takes place on Thursday, 9 April, 9.00 am EDT / 2.00 pm BST
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Business and COVID-19: Local Action – Insights from Kenya

This live webinar deep-dived into the action taking place on the ground in Kenya, including through the National Business Compact on COVID-19, and draw
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How Can Businesses Support their NGO Partners Through the Impact of COVID-19?

Join us for a live written discussion with a panel of experts to deepen understanding of the role of business in supporting its NGO
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Natalie Deacon

How does a business like Avon – the multinational ‘more than beauty’ compony, deal with coronavirus? Hear first-hand from Natalie Deacon, Avon’s Executive Director Corporate Affairs and Sustainability and the President Avon Foundation for Women.
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Fairtrade Together: COVID-19 Briefing

Fairtrade is gathering updates from around the world about how COVID-19 is affecting producer organizations, family farmers, and workers.​
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Cometh the hour, Cometh the Call for Collaborative Action Against COVID-19

Facing unprecedented times globally, this COVID-19 challenge calls for focus, creative thinking, cooperation and collaborative action. COVID-19 is impacting us all, in all walks of life, to the core and dramatically demonstrates our inter-connectivity and interdependence. It is profoundly challenging human health and the human spirit. From a business point of view, this is a defining moment for leadership and action.
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COVID-19 and the Poor: Inclusive Business has solutions, but needs radical collaboration

The COVID-19 virus will soon make waves in low-income contexts in South Asia, Africa and Latin America. While these regions have a much younger population than the EU or China, both the disease itself and any measures to keep it from spreading will have a severe impact. The most vulnerable will be hit hardest.
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What do we mean by "Health"?

Learn how health initiatives can combat poverty by improving access to quality care and preventative measures, fostering a healthier society.

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